Development economics and emerging economies

Technology is taking on an increasingly central and determining role in so- ciety, and can provide contradictory results: wealth on the one hand, but also unemployment, environmental imbalances and other social problems on the other.

Food problems - the efficient production or procurement of food and its appropriate distribution among members of society - are problems endemic to mankind.

Country on the Move presents original research and a comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of the spatial aspects of migration.

Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research is relevant to quality-of-life researchers working in the areas of Social Medicine, Sustainable Development, Social Indicators Research and Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine.

Economic growth after World War II was made possible through dramatic increases in the use of material resources and energy.

In the autumn of 1990 there was a sense of change taking place in the world economy.

This book is the second edition of a text based on a report commissioned by the Swedish International Development Authority (SID A).

Since the end of the second world war special international interest has been devoted to the economically' underdeveloped countries.

Students of government and social power recognize that wherever governmental systems embrace popular elections, the functions and mechanisms of political finance constitute inevitable links of influence between economic structures and political processes.

Agribusiness development has been constrained by distorted economic policies and institutional controls in the emerging market economies and in most of the developing countries.

At the end of 1991, the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei hosted the Integration Symposium of the Confederation of European Associations of Economists on "e;Europe between East and South"e;.

This book focuses on describing policy instruments in different countries.

This volume in essence continues my recent contributions towards building up a better understanding of the wide range of obstacles besetting the transitions away from administrative planning in the former communist regimes in the eastern part of Europe.

In the coming decades the world will need to more than double its food and feed production, almost all of the increase being needed in developing countries.

This study, originally a Ph.

Perhaps Piet Creutzberg is and essentially always has been an artisan and an admirer of the best in craftmanship.

This book is a thoroughly revised text based on a report commissioned by the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA).

Lawrence Klein, University of Pennsylvania Jaime Marquez, Federal Reserve BoarrI* All examination of the economics literature over the last twenty years reveals a marked tendency towards polarisation.

The book is a collection of essays, which aim to situate African legal theory in the context of the myriad of contemporary global challenges; from the prevalence of war to the misery of poverty and disease to the crises of the environment.

This case book provides examples of multi-stakeholder partnerships that aim to create sustainable enterprises for both the for-profit sectors and for individuals who live in conditions of poverty.

This book shows how Rwanda's development model and the organisation of genocide are two sides of the same coin.

This volume explores the usefulness of the Asian model of agricultural development for Africa, where, even before the recent world food crisis, half the population lived on less than on dollar a day, and a staggering one in three people and one third of all children were undernourished.

Leaving aside human and social capital for a future volume, the book should be viewed as a crucial first step in developing indicators for total wealth in the countries covered by the case studies, which include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique and South Africa.

This seminal book results from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop at the University of Cambridge with Russian co-directorship, enabling the first formal dialogue between NATO and Russia about security issues in the Arctic Ocean.

This volume is the first in a new Springer series to examine one of humanity's most pressing concerns: global migration and its implications for development.

This collection of contributions from a diverse group of prominent international scientists and policy makers brings together their in-depth analyses and innovative ideas about how to resolve the 'energy for development' predicament.

This volume is a practical guide that helps the reader build a quick, evidence-based understanding of green-growth strategies and challenges.

Managing biosecurity is everybody's business.

This book summarizes a long-term research project addressing land and water use in the irrigated areas of the Aral Sea basin.

Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa offers case studies that find promise in many new innovations.

Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development provides a step-by-step guide in designing, developing, and solving non-linear environment-development models.

The book analyses the influence of corruption on economic growth and environmental protection, examining corruption from different perspectives.

This book analyzes the structural factors that underlie the persistent mass poverty and extreme inequality in South Asian countries.

This collection of twenty papers, presented at the 2nd International Conference of Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation, addresses a variety of issues concerning sustainable development and earthcare.

This book is a compendium of 22 research papers presented at the National Seminar on Hill Economies and Sustainable Development in India: Challenges and Prospects organised by the Centre for Development Studies.

This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing.

After first analysing the economic development processes of emerging Asian economies in general, this book explores the development implications of India's seventy years (1947-2017) of socio-economic policy regimes.

This book investigates how strategic marketing is influencing organizations' innovation performance.

This book provides empirical insights into the relationship between capital and equity-ownership structure of Indian manufacturing companies and their financial performance.

Political Economy of Social Change and Development in Nepal is an accessible contemporary political economic analysis of social change in Nepal.

'A thought-provoking book, bringing readers outside their comfort zones.

This book focuses on the notion of the environmental sustainability of the economy.

Future Food Systems: Exploring Global Production, Processing, Distribution and Consumption provides an overview of food systems, from farming through to logistics, processing, retail, service and consumption, with the intention of enabling more efficient development of policy and implementation of food related practices.

Economic development is the sustained, concerted actions of policy makers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area.

The book contributes to the growing literature pertaining to empirical and policy issues in international trade, foreign capital flows and issues in finance, implications for India and emerging economies related to trade and development interface, and analysis of sector level growth and development in India.